Category: Hot News, State/National News
Manhattan Man Pleads Guilty to Medicaid Fraud
By Staff - Alex Adderly, also known as Uruhu Adderley, 45 of Manhattan, Tuesday, entered a guilty plea for defrauding Medicaid by...
Millions of Dollars Presented By New Effort to Boost Citizenship Across U.S. Cities
There are nearly 9.3 million people in the United States who are eligible to apply for citizenship, and a new effort is offering a...
Lawyers Are Working to ‘Race Against the Clock’ and Help Migrant Parents Track Down Their Children
So far, there have been more than 2,000 immigrant children taken from their parents when they crossed the United States-Mexico border due...
Asthma Cases See a Huge Spike in Puerto Rico After Hurricane Maria
Doctors in Puerto Rico are reporting that they are seeing an alarming rise in the number and severity of asthma cases. They are, for the...
This Year, National Puerto Rican Day Means More Than Ever After Hurricane Maria
June 10 is officially National Puerto Rican Day, and it has been celebrated for 61 years. This year, hundreds of thousands of participants...
New Program Aims to Register 1 Million New Voters By 2020: Voto Latino
In just two short years, Voto Latino wants to register one million new voters. Voto Latino is a group committed to empowering and engaging...
8 Months After Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico Still Doesn’t Have a Power Grid Ready for the Next Hurricane Season
Hurricane Maria hit the island of Puerto Rico in September 2017, which was more than eight months ago now. The island still does not have a...
Young Latina Woman Running In New York Congressional Race Against Joe Crowley
Twenty-eight-year-old Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez is running for Congress in New York’s 14th District. She is a progressive, young Latina...
Border Patrol Agent Detains Montana Women For Speaking Spanish at Gas Station
Two women were detained at a Montana gas station by a U.S. Border Patrol agent for speaking Spanish. According to NBC News, two Montana...
Lupe Valdez Becomes First Texas Governor Nominee With LGBTQ and Latina Identity
While diversity is starting to truly be embraced by people throughout various parts of the country, many states are still a few steps...
